mp3's skipping

[flyby2001]

Now I know there isn't a lot of info here but my mate is trying his luck at ripping audio cd's to mp3 but he's created mp3 file is skipping 2-3seconds every 5 seconds. so a 4min tune is ripped but when plays only takes 2mins to play and jumps all the way through.

he's hardware is (from memory this bit)

1600xp athlon
256mb ddr
40gig hd
ecs mobo (i think)
win 98se
artec 40x speed writer
artec 16x dvd rom (i think it's artec)

we have tried
jack the mp3 ripper (just gave an error when trying to run saying could not intialise alt init command????????)
audio catalyst 2.1

both gave the same jumping mp3 files.



hope this makes sense


flyby2001 out..........

[flyby2001]

sorry mate forgot to metion we tried EAC as well same results jumping mp3 tracks.

cheers

flyby2001 out.......


could his readers be running to fast?????I heard you can get tools to slow cd-roms down is that true???

[VIPER_1069]

dirty disk !?

ripping too fast !!? slower ripping speeds make more sense to get a good copy !!!

jitter problems again with drive spinning the disk too fast !?

scratched disk !?

error control !? some programs can adjust/compensate for errors but do it too well and leave gaps !?

what drive is he rippin with !? test the other it may be a fault with the drive !?

try different rip methods there are a few options such as burst and fast mode in EAC also try lettin EAC set the drive up with default settings and see if you get the same problems !

also check that the hard drive isnt in need of a DEFRAG because that can cause a bad ripp too as the drive struggles under the strain of transferring or receiving the data from the reader


if all this fails check the disk is not protected with cactus data sheild or other music /audio protection !?

[flyby2001]

Thanks for all your help and i will give those suggestions some tests and see whats going wrong.

I had an idea it could be that the drive was spinning the dics too fast. Yet it plays fine as an audio cd through media player.

also i did let EAC detect everything and set the options for me but the jumping still occured....strange


cheers folks


flyby2001 out.....

joripe r u still trading m8 if so pm me with your e-mail so i can send you a list....i have lost your e-mail since the last time we traded.

[lore]

Don't encode directly to Mp3, try to rip the tracks as WAV first to see if they are OK. The best way to understand your problem is do it step by step to find out what's wrong..